Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1931, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 1931 ME EVENI STAR [and the officials who nowadays B over the games are making commendal — e e {aBorts 0 santemte e The driver who tries to “bull" | y through traffic is courting dis- . Me is & menace both to himself lltednefion in Expenses Of Masees ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THIS AND THAT WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNBSDAY . .. October 1931 P Sl WS L 3 THPODORE W. NOYES. ... Editer Mate by Carrier Within the City. . Btar 45c per month and Sinday @ 4 Bundsys e ia %€ ver menth The rzn and Sunday Star Bubdars: #5c per month S¢ per copy onth Rate by -lfl——;lnlb in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. fi:f Sunday.....1yr.$1000. 1 mo.. y 1yrl yr..$12.00° | mo.. $1.00 % 1me: *ite 1yr, $400. i mo., 40c Sunday...1 E 1 ay only ... $5.00. i mo.. S0c Member of the Associated Press. Associated Press is exclusively entitied @ use for republicatioh of all 3ees Cis- o8 credited i 08 otherwise cred- in this paper and also local ne SRR e el AR —— = British Labor's Debacle. All 4 well on the Thames, and the National government at Lomdon still Bves. The Labor party suffered over- wheiming defeat in yesterday's elee~ tions for the House of Commons. On $he basis of late refurns, the coslition forces led by Ramsay MacDonald had earried the country in the ratio of Beasly ten to one. John Bull has given Premier Mac- Donald and his administration “the doctor’s mandate” they sought—a man- date to restore British credit, defend the pound and reorganize the Kking- dom’s whole economic structure on lines designed to strengthen it at home and rehablilitate its prestige abroad. It is & result that will ring around the world. The magnitude of Labor's defeat is boundless. Its leader, Arthur Hender- son, loses his seat; so does every other outstanding Laborite politician, with the single exception of the veteran George Lansbury, who squeezed through in his old East London constituency. Clynes, Alexander, Tom Shaw, Ben Turner, Thurtle, Pethwick-Lawrence, Margaret Bondfield, Roberts, Sir Charles Tre- velyan, Greenwood, Susan Lawrence, Ellen Wilkinson, Oliver Baldwin—all shining lights in the Labor movement, and many of them members of-the late Labor cabinet, find themselves today outside the breastworks. One or two of theni, like Henderson and Clynes, may be presented with safe seats in other divisions and thus be enabled to return to Parllament. But Labor's power in the House of Com- mons and in Downing street is a broken reed. It may eventuate with a bare Nfty seats at Westminster, compared to the 280-odd it captured when Labor swept into power under Ramsay Mac- Donald’s leadership in May, 1929, ‘The Nationgl government will ap- It looks as if the Conservatives may achieve a clear majority in their own right, but later results are required to make this certain. While the Baldwinites campaigned openly on the protection issue, the out- of the election does not mean that House of Commong, which they ‘will come near to ruling, is to proceed at once to enact the tariff system. Mr. MacDonald perfected an unwritten truce with Mr. Baldwin which debars such & program. Emergency protective rates are in sight as part and parcel of the policy the newly fortified National gov- - | the islands might become so severe as soon—Britain under Conservative dom- ination will have recourse to protection is written in the stars. John Bull's voters have given an ac- oount of themselves that will command the admiration and commendation of the outside world and regalvanize its belief in the deep-seated common sense ©of the British people. Socialism, as represented by the now fully discredited wing of the Labor party, has had its fling. The fling was so wild that it brought Britain to the brink of ruin. Hovering over the abyss, Ramsay Mac- Donald, bulwarked by the enlightened basar’e On the contrary, if he ymmhmmudam- wame an ugly name, still bard to there will be fewer trafic jams and less down. More emphasis is being placed | chance of accident. Bepecially with the on clean foot ball, and modern Bew left turn are courtesy and careful- rules and customs have set aside most ness (o be desired. Grabbing the right of the physically unfit or unprepared 'of way of recklessly trying to push from dangerous participation. These | through meager openings in lines of advances have been made without de- stroying the appeal of a fine game, and with experience the rules promulgated | for satety of the piayers will come nearer | pertection. To the members of the family of Cadet Sheridan the Nation feels and ex- !tends the ceepest sympathy. He ex- jemplified in many ways the highest {ideals of youth the world over, which | heightens the poignancy of his death. | The modicum of comfort that one may |take is that he died in the glory of his youth and in the exhilaration of the game he loved. e — The Philippines. President Hcover has ranged himself in opposition to legislation granting the | Philippine Islands immediate independ- [ence. The President in a statement to the press declares that economic inde- pendence must precede political inde- pendence, if the Pilipinos are to be | politically independent with any real prospect of remaining s0. The Chief Executive has reference, particularly, to the free trade which now exists for the Filipinos with the United States. With- out that free trade, the industries of | the Philippines would be seriously af- | fected and the economic life of the islands injured. There ssems no doubt |that if political independence were | granted the islands, the first thing that | many of those now supporting Filipino independence in this country would de- | vehicles does nct make for | The Mar i ‘proud of badge winners Next year it hopes to| be able to congratulate a greater num- ber. And it will be espec gratified if their example is inspiration to other drivers throughout the city. The | Siar asks the public to co-operate by | reporting any instances of inconsider- ate and discourteous driving on the Part of its representatives on the streets and roads, with note of the identify- Ing numbers and tags of the vehicles, the time and place and the circum- stances of occurrences which are cause of complaint. With such corrective | | assistance The Star's highway service (can be made more efficient and more conformable to, the rules of safety. safety. its fifteen | ——— - Capone Goes to Jail “You may appeal from the verdict {and sentence of the trial court,” says | the United States Circuit Court of Ap-| peals to Alphonse Capone, “but pend- ing the appeal you must stay in jail You need not be taken to the Federal Pprison at Leavenworth, but may spend the time while awaiting decision in the {81l of Cook County, Il The time so spent will not be deducted from your | sentence of eleven years in prison. You may ask a justice of the United States | Supreme Court for freedom on bail, and | |1 you are denied ball you may then be | | taken to Leavenworth and may be given |credit for the time spent in jail here mand is an end of the importation into | pending these proceedings. It is up to this country of sugar and other island | products free of duty. President Hoover made his statement regarding the Philippine Islands fol- lowing a report made to him by Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War. Secretary Hurley was sent to the islands by the President particularly to report on con- ditions there. His reaction was against the grant of independence. The grow- ing agitation in this country, particu- larly in Congress, for immediate Filipino independence caused the President to send a member of his cabinet to make the uiry. The Secretary of War found s strong organized sentiment for independence in the islands, But the organisation of this sentiment has been going on for years, vociferous and impatient. Mr. Hurley's impression, gained from his stay in the islands, is that there is likewise a strong sentiment in favor of the continuance of the present polit- Ical relations between the United States and the Philippines, although this senti- ment is not organized and does not make itself heard so often. The United States has been in pos- session_of the islands for more than thirty years” During that period it dhas done much for the Filipinos, much also to help the Filipinos help them- selves. Ithubeenmx:urpmeotm. American Government to help the Fili- PInos to govern themselves. Gradually the autonomy of the Filipinos has ‘been extended. 1In effect today they make their own laws, having a Legis- lature of their own. The United States sends to the islands a governor general with & power of veto. But it is a power that has been exercised with great care and in the interests of the people themselves. It would be idle for the United States to grant full independence to the Filipinos if that independence were to be threatened within a brief period after the grant, either by foreign na- tions or through internal disruption. Furthermore, the economic problems of to bring great distress to the Filipino people. At present the Filipinos are favored in the matter of tariff restric- tions so far as their trade with the United States is concerned. If inde- pendence is given the islands, there will be an immediate drive in this country to shear the Filipinos of these benefits under the tariff law. Indeed, there has been an insistent demand in this coun- try already from sugar and other in- | terests that the free trade in commodi- | ties between the islands and the United States be curtailed. ‘The Congress of the United States, if you.” That, in effect, is the answer given to the gangster chieftain who has just come to grief at the hands of the Fed- eral law. Cook County Jail may be a pleasanter place than Leavenworth, but it 1s no Miami estate, Capone will Teally save money by staying there, for he will be guarded securely without cost to himself. He will not have to hire gunmen to protect him from his en- emies, who are legion and who are bent upon his destruction. He may postpone the trip to Kansas for a little while, a few weeks perhaps, but his chances of escaping it altogether are slender. So slender, indeed, are they that his attor- neys are already talking about vacating the supersedess, the writ of stay of execution that was granted yesterday, by which they would enable their client to start working out his term at once. Capone in jail will be no glamorous figure. AR SR 2 ‘The many interviews to which M. La- val gracefully accommodated himself were distinguished by a remarkable ab- sence of comment on a topic which is often regarded as uppermost in Amer- ican affairs—the prohibition law. —— o The extraordinary importance at- tained to Al Capone is made evident by the fact that not only his silken attire but his changes of facial expression be- come matters of minute observation and comment. i 3 ARy It was once proper to assure a war- torn Prance that “poverty is no dis- grace.” Circumstances have changed and an aphorism is due to the effect that wealth has its responsibilities. el SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Art of Roasting. Beware, oh gentle friend, beware Of how you “roast” your fellow man | Who goes his way with humble care And simply does the best he can. The youth serene in glad attire. Destined for great achevement seems, Yet may leave nothing to admire Except the grandeur of his dreams. ‘The lad who had to fight his way Fastened his trousers with a nail And sold his papers, day by day, Not knowing such a word as “fail.” A man who once seemed strange in thought May brave the storms of ridicuie Until his name to all is taught BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Many persons get a pecullar pleasure from watching animals est ‘The uncharitable may feel inclined to say that this is so ba-ause such persons themselves like to eat Nothing could be farther from the truth Often the man or woman Wwho gets the greatest happiness out of feeding animals is & sparse eater. Indeed, the small eater, so called, is perhaps more inclined to get joy out of watching an animal feed The gusto of the creature, the zeal with which it attacks its dinner, is something which ordinarily human beings either lack or conceal %% n “He eats iike a hog.” Such a remark, about & human being, is not often considered a compliment. Yet the average pig eats with an vidity which a mere human being may envy, since digestion waits on ap- petite. Surely it is the appetite of dog or cat which appeals to those persons who love to feed them. Here 15 & creature which knows nothing about restraint. He has not been brought up on rules of etiquette, but considers only his feelings. And these tell him that he is hungry And that here, before him, is some- thing to eat. e The way he goes to it is at once a shame upon the pampered appetites of many humean beings, and a vindication | of the ways of Nature. | An animal puts his face down in his | - food and chaws away for desr life. | foost that It permits the dog to eat 'ts . With him it is Iife, indeed, for knows nothing of the future. It is take what you can today. be- cause as far as he knows anything about it there is no tomorrow. With the animals there was no yes- terday and there is no tomorrow. ~All that exists for them is today, or, rather, the very minute in which they live. | When the friend of animals stops to | consider that they know nothing about | being polite, but only about taking in as much “grub” as they can as quickly as possible, lest some other animal get a share of it, he is amased, some- times, at their very good manners. * o % x ‘With animals, as with human beings, there are all sorts of eaters. Some are what, among human beings, one calls feeders. | They stick in their snouts and gobble | their food as noisily as possible. Invariably such dogs and cats, as well as stock, manage to waste some of their | food by pushing it out of the plate or pan or other receptacle in which it was | placed for them. Greedy feeders among cats and dogs insist on pleces of meat out of plates and smearing them all over the floor. Animals differ widely, in their ac- ceptance of food, in the matter of the noise they make about it. - Some snuffie and grunt snd make gurgling noises, for all the world like an old man past the of discretion who doesn't mind who hears him consume his bowl of soup. are ve'? dainty feeders, and | cannot be hea at any appreciable | distance, certainly not half as far &s the average human being eating toast or corn on the cob. | *x ok w | Animals prefer to eat alone, unlike he WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. By all the signs of the political sodiac, another congressional battle royal rivaling in intensity the immortal League of Nations fight in the Senate, will rage on Capitol Hill if and when President Hoover recommends further | reduction of war debts. Premier Laval left Washington with a pledge that the United States Government wculd move in that direction, provided Germany under the Young plan gets another moratorium. The opening guns in new Versailles treaty combat will be fired in December, soon after Congress reconvenes and tackles the existing moraterium. “Hoover year” will undoubtedly will be ratified by botin houses, but now that it is an open secret that the current holiday is merely the forerunner of a movement for sweeping | revision of interg-verment:l obliga- tions, there's going to be somewhat enthusiasm over it than might other- wise hae been the case. Also, the doleful fact that the one-year respite has signally failed to revive the ailing international patient on expected lines | is not designed to ceuse Congress to throw up its hat in any paroxysm of joy. human beings., but will eat with thelr tellows, too. Several dogs, or several cats, or even | both together. will eat out of the same dish, if they have been brought up to _l- Disputed | discover a curious thing. | food goes through the tract so quickly do it A family of cats may seem to eat with the greatest good will together but if one watches them closely he will This is that each one of them, one at a time, will eat a bt and then re-| treat, to wak for the others to get| through The one that leaves the circle first walk into another room, and there settle down on the floor as if eating were the furthest thing from his mind. When the other cats finish. however, he will saunter back to the dish. Often there will be two cats at a time eat- ing, but scarcely the same two all the time. One after another will leave the bowl, and settle down, to wait for less of a crowd. 1t is a comical, almest human, action, as if each cat were saying to itself “Well, now that I have had a taste, I will wait until the crowd thins out.” % % % ‘This action will be observed only in cats which are fed regularly, and have ! lost the keen edge of thefr strictly brute hunger, which must transcend what man prefers to call appetite. Dogs are more inclined to wolf their food, s the phrase has it. Some cats. however, indulge in the same feeding tactics, which is as much an error with them as among human beings. The canine alimentary tract is so | their famiites. ce down in the post-war decade? all. The large increases voted insurance | companies, fraternal and otherwise, during the war period are still in ef- fect, and some rates have increased since the war. No 40 or 50 per cent | decrease there. Has street car fare for the District of Columbia adult? Certainly inot. The fares have increased except | for children, and the Wreco is fighting pthat, it is dedared. No 40 or 50 per | cent decrease there. food without proper chewing—in fact, that the creature may eat tainted meat without ~particular harm. This ac- counts for the well known fact that dogs are a sort of scavenger, and seem to like putrid meat, which they often | eat without any signs of harm at all Cats forced by their dislike of shar- ing a dish with a crowd go off into a them. Have passenger rates decreased? No, except on excursion trains, and corner by themselves and wait until those are exceptional. Wher: does that 40 or 50 per cent decrease in the cost the | been Poland’s Ambassador sirce Gloomy prospects for disarmament are darkening. Tn: p‘ict;xre; too. Premier Laval told President Hoover that he was besieged all the way across | the Atlantic by zealots who believe that a silver standard, or at least a bi- | metallic standard, is the economic sal- vation of the universe. In his temper- | Wooton, the others finish; this puts them into the almost human habit of taking a meal slowly. Human beings mix a liberal amount of talk and laughter with their meals, and thus secure the same effect. of living come in? Have rents decreased in most locali- ties? If so, the avers renter’s re- ceipts don’t show it. decrease have we in cost of ll;l:gemm? porary decrease, before the Winter is over there will be found to be no substantial sa ‘Where there is a decrease in one there is usually an increase in two or three others. Such ‘items as butter, eggs, cheese and substantial foods seem to be about as high as they ever were. Potatoes and cabbage are sometimes cheaper, and sometimes not so cheap. Meats have decreased, many fam- ilies never could afford the better cuts * ok X % ‘The person interested in watching animals eat will come to the conclu- sion that two meals a day, rather than one, is the best policy. Pet animals seem to crave a break- fast, and a small amount of food will do for them at that time. In this they are greatly like their human friends. Animals kept in the house at night prefer to go out, rather than eat. Con- fronted with a breakfast and an open door, they will take the door without any hesitation. This selection should not fool the friend of animals. The call of the outdoors is resistless; if the animal knows that breakfast awaits him, he will come back, in an hour or two, apd eat it with gusto. It probably would be better to feed a dog or cet the same amount of food in two meals, breakfast and supper than in one huge dinner, although this is common practice with many pet owners. The feeding and watering of pet ani- mals should seldom be left to children. With the best heart in the world, they vet lack the sense of responsibility which should go with the task of takimg care of such little things as themselves. of living on most articles that the average on buys. What few de- creases. have been amount to so little in the total cost of living as to be_really negligible in percentage. Yes, the ultimate consumer and | original producer are still “holding bag.” And yet the distributor is not . Thousands have ?cne under, thousands of banks have failed, and the end is not yet. There must be something fundamentally wrong with our capitalist system. \der 3 system of wiversal cHploliaton under a s of Lve exploitation of the'masses of the le which do the actual toil of ti world. The schemer who grabs millions exploits the conscientious toiler, People had better wake up soon from their vain dreams of luxury deplcted in Hollywood moving pictures to the stern realities of life. Capitalism has failed them. They must demand Socialism now ahd vote for it B e s eataciymm ot ‘poverts a c! world-wide in extent. s Socialism not a cure-all, but it cer- tainly will rectify numerous injustices that carinot be touched under the pre- vailing sys A. J. JENISON. ————— 'Tho;e Two Ten-Year Sentences Analyzed To the Editor of The Star: The Star printed Monday an edi- torial under the title “The Blind God- | dess,” in which our administration of criminal justice is criticized befause identical sentences, 10 years, were given to a New York auditor who stole, pre- sumably embezzied, $167,000, and to an Oklahoma man who by a hold-up got only 10 cents. ‘The administration of criminal justice is, of course; far from perfect. Intelli- gent and constructive criticism of it is a proper function of the press, and if called on the carpet for transgression of ‘the offcial proprieties . Thivgs would be at a pretty pass in Wash- ington, ’tis said, if a public man in Senator Borah's exalted position were nét at liberty to discuss when and how he pleased a matter upon which, all the world knows, European peace at this time largely depends. Aml dor Filipowicz, like President Hoover, is a mining engineer by profession. He has 1930, but was here f m?h'. ), for a year or two before that, with the rank of Minister. EE NN Paul Wooton, Washington _corre- spondent of the New o;}gm Times- Picayune and chairman of Overseas ‘Writers, knows no French—not even a gesture—but he has suddenly acquirec, & reputation for speaking that language fluently. "This is how it happened, When hundreds of correspondents and their guests were being presented to Premier Laval at the press reception in his honor it was noted that Mr. Wooton explained directly to the French statesman, who speaks no English, the newspaper connections of those who were passing down the line. It was not 50 closely observed that the language emploved was Spanish. Premier Laval is familiar with that tongue, as is Mr. | * ko x ok law incidentally results it is an unavoid- able evil. The casual as well' as the habitual law. e'er feels the halter draw with opinion of the law.” The unsocial the the | 1} any lessening of public respect for the | next Secretary of the Navy Adams taken advantage of the legal right c:‘x.:, tained in the charter of the National H lecag:m{to! Sciences to ask that body | Port upon the system of - range weather f R P f i g 4 gpg ! g H I . B E° oxp uf £ =R emncm&y. from full astern, the operation taking from 20 seconds. The vessel should com & full stop in about three ship lengths. Q. How much milk and how ?n are required ork Oity?—C. 8. W. A. About 500 i : 83 111 Have freight rates decreased in the G past decade? Not so any one can notice gf srapes " This R = 71 Zourlshing. Q. Is the new Federal af umurz, Pa, completed?—I. B. H. A It nt completion. Some ers are now there. This is con- sidered a model institution. Q. Why do Jewish men cover their e wearing of a head Orthodox mel'l an Ofllneo Father is still i 3 Q. What work does s dental hygienist 1 flog * i i. § s : | ? i § i H i it 3 = & | ! E b g i i i sz | A s 5 2| H H j | 3! ; | i g $1 | é 5% i ) 5 § ’ £ iF g i 4 g %) i b §§ i i 8 & g E i i il B f 5 g é E T i i g ¥ | : : ; ] ¢ 5 E § | g. ; § g ¥ I E i E ) g E g : E P ; i i & i : 2 : ’ or discovered reports be true, is in & temper and has| TC POInt & lesson in Life's School. by Herbert Janvrin assumed a political complexion that is favorable to legislation looking to im- mediate independence for the Filipinos. | Bitis are to be introduced in the Senate and House during the coming session providing for independence. It is nec- iesury that the people of this country, as well as the Chief Executive, have as full and as accurate information re- garding the situation in the Philippines {as is obtainable. The visit of the Sec- retary of War to the islands and his { report thereon should prove of great! | value in dealing with this question. — i Virginia's sbundant apple crop is power and effectiveness of government. The erime of robbery, the hold-up, is a person. Personal violence, threatened, is involved. 'X];Ae g ¥ “Wherever I | and developed France somebody always seemed to Browne of Wi bob up, erying ‘silver!’” No serjous | was appoint Y consideration was ever given during the | investigation, composed of Dr. ‘Washington conversaticns to the ques- | Merriam, of the tion of supplanting gold with ".he B‘r'_yhn; | gnltuflon of W as & or either | G. Abbot, secretary e nited. Btates. Stiver | Institution, . and T, .Wayland Prance or the 3 - | Vaughan, director of th Brightness. cropped up ever and anon in the dis ghan, tor of the Scripps In- “y, v 9 Vi | jons between President Hoover and | situation of Oceanography; Universit; You say you look forward to bright | {/*] Jval, but cnly incidentally and with | of California. Eacy member of the skies in the political sky? 3 reference to the monetery conditions of | committee is known to have become | “Poetically speaking,” said Senator | countries like Mexico, China and India. | convinced that long-range Weather Sorghum, “I do.” * % * % forecasting has sound and scientific ¢ ther day you intimated that| A tragic fate seems to lurk around ;E'ues In solar radiation, ocean surface The other day you intimat 3t| he job of umpire of the Germen- !eMPperatures and recurring solan| you expected some thunderstorms.” e erioan Mixed Claims Gommission. | SjCles. While Mr. Browne's name was “That's correct, too. There's nothing that illuminates a political sky more| Roland W. Boyden of Massachusetts, the only one mentioned by sgcm,ri ecessor_ in that sharply than & few fashes of oratorical | JOR§ SUIVive hué pred 4 1 s, it is assumed that the worl who passed away this week, @id Wob|'or other investigators in the fied Cin post, the late Judge Edwin B. Parker ined. lightning.” Bf Texas, Mr. Boyden was in the mm. Istill available to makers of foreign — ic death | wines who were once suspected of util-| Jud Tunkins says the value of money leaders of the Conservative and Liberal parties, risked his own political life to save the life of the country. There is happily every indication that his self- sacrifice has accomplished its high and sltruistic purpose. Bravo, Brital i Laugh as you may, in spirit fair. ‘Respect each mortal’s honest plan. Beware, oh gentle friend, beware Of how you “roast” your fellow man. ¥ i i b £ Dr. Chi ODxr the Smithsonian i < 3 B 3 AR By calling into question the age of Grand Juror Fabrizio, attorneys for Gy Bryan Pitts manage to transform a happy little birthday party in sunny Ttaly into a cold legal technicality, oaispn A The Game Goes On. Decision by the authorities at West Point 1o complete the foot ball sched- ule this season, despite the trag &t B be exam * x % % H. G. Wells, British author, now ‘ashington, has never used his Chrl'sx: guilty and the bandit appears to have stood trial. This protest is, however, on the one of the Mixed Claims Commission's most important single case, the cele- oy of Oadet Richard B. Sheridan from in- | Juries received in Saturday’s game with izing cider in amplifying their product. may depend somewhat on how its The facilities for reshipment with new, handled. In the hands of a reckless brated $40,000.000 sabotage affair in connection with blowing up of Amer- | ican munition plants by alleged Ger- names—Herbert father was a professional Wells n When he was George. His cricket player. firm and sound basis that it is not the amount of money which the victim of a hold-up has in his pocket that fixes began writi books 29 wears old, in ms, and has produced | one or more a year ever since. H. G.* hobnobbed yesterday with a group of Washington writers who have had overseas service. Tea-table talk turned on the British election—just over. “I have mever understood Amer- ican enthusiasm over Ramsay Mac- Donald.” exclaimed the outliner of his- tory. In New York Wells hurled this shaft at the British premier: “Person- ally, ave no very great admira for him. He is a very ulr-eommfi and theatrical person.” = Wells is head~ P AN n‘?g for the University o{ ‘Wisconsin. K e’s anxious to inspect Glenn Frank’ U. S. S. Mayflower, aboard which experimental station at Madison. y presidents of the United States and (Copyright, 1931.) Yale is the wise choice. It is the de- eislon approved by the fine type of youth represented By Cadet 8! To have canceled the remai: es would have been a futile gesture! a questionable methed of honoring the memory of a fine young man, for foot Safety Badge Winners. ! I N N costinned The awards by the National Safety The question suggested to everybody | Council of fifteen merit badges to em- by the accident in Saturday's game is | Ploves of The Star for covering an ag- Shis: “Is foot ball worth it?" gregate of more than three ghundred | ©f course foot ball is not worth it. |and twelve thousand miles in motor Oge may ajgue in the sbstract that |vehicles during the past year without| the nature of the crime. PAUL E. LESH. Oratorical Contest Is Termed Peace Link To the Editor of The Star: The International Oratorical Contest sponsored by The Star and held in each year is a distinet the city and our United dabels are curtailed to a degree that| man a dollar may be worse than worth- makes the procedure more expensive less and troublesome than pecuniary results can justif | man agents prior to our entry into | the war. The case was decided a year | ago in Germany’s favor, but came under review before the Claims Commission on July 30 and August 1 last at Bos- ton, Mr. Boyden presiding. It had been arranged that the r litigation should be resumed a | ihis time in Hamburg. The agents of the United States are seeking to have the verdict in Germany's favor reversed on the ground that it was based upon false and perjured testi ! Temperamental Lady Luck. Lady Luck comes down the road. Wagon's on its way If you amile, it may unload A wonderful display 1y g £ ———— i imperative that the party pay its . It would be embarrassing for the party to ask the country to put it in power because it promises to solve eccnomic problems while the economics of its own affairs are in exceedingly bad condition. mmmmumnu; o i 1f you frown and never try To sing & cheering song, Lady Luck will pass you by And join a merrier throng g | s mony. foot Ball is worth no young man’s life. | 50 much as a dented fender should | But to assume that position one mrust | also conceive the death of Cadet She: dan as ® sacrifice to the game. when as & matter of fact. his death was no | sacrifice. He died as the result of an accident that, tragic and regrettable as #t was, remains an accident Such accidents could be eliminated, of course, by eliminating foot ball alto- | gether, just as aitomoblle accidents | rould be eliminated by eliminating the | | ment in these days of heavy traffic to| Pride of Personal Appearance. “That racketeer hates us,” said one camera man. “You can’t blame him.” answered the other. “Since his sentence his facial avoid accident, and ss Wm. A. Vap | ¢XPresion has been something terrible. Durer, the traffic director, Sald at-the | .p,n generation said Hi Ho, the presentation ceremoniey “The example | (oo’ of Chinatown, “is compelled to set by these fifleen drivers is better | yonger whether ancestors, could they than a weeks campaign for safety.” | ey would offer praises or apologies.” stimulate only the workers for this newspaper to drive carefully, but those employed by the merchants of Wash-| ington as well. It is no mean achieve- cther eminent persons galore were wont tq_disport themselves, is about to be dclled up at a Philadelphia shipyard | and then toted around the Atlantic and Pacific_Coasts with a view to its re- sale. The famous White House knocked down to the high- $16,105. Mr. Coe purposes and refitting the Mayflower, putting on display in ports on both seaboards, and then re-auctioning it. His hope is said to be that when the economic sun is shining again some lucky dog Had Plenty of Experience. Prom the Minneapolis Star. We wonder if old Methuselah, in the ht | midst of his 385t gt his a5t depreasion, thought | AECTHRS of 0 seriion emanaied it never would end. e Better Grow One for Two. , | Prom the Pasadena Star-News. Reversing a celebrated maxim, the American farmer would be better off if he caused only one stalk of wheat or ge of friendliness, peace 1. A However, on S-tur:lye;l'i:;t, October 4, twice during the poranecus address of the English lad, & sharp, gallery u:gfleould be heard through- out the Auditorium. i automebile. Nor does one have to put |award for careful and considerate driv- | forward the claim that foot ball | Ing established by other business organi- cause of its development of the muscleg zations woula, it is believed, go far and of certain mentsl traits, is neces- | toward making Washington a city of sary. It is merely & game, and remains | well regulated and safe driving. Em- Similar systems of recognition and Sheits Universal Experience. Sometimes with disappointment life is fraught As dreams from true reality are hid. Folks seldom find exactly whet they who was on the right side of the mar- | cotton to grow where two grew before, on occasion it is an .:nyd ordeal for a ma- orator to stand audience. ture and_experienced before a huge attentive pery in spite of the emphasis of | ues by the enthusiasts. Acci- dents are the natural accompaniments of physical ‘mctivity. with jes somewhat raised by the game in foot ball ho draft the foot ball rules phasis on safety in these campaigns {should serve to make both the private and commercial driver realize that carefulness is the supreme lu.rl-l bute for the successful operation of & motor car. aululmsi end courtssy go hand in joes hangin’ on de wall in n‘n shops.” sought. In fact, they say nobody ever did. “Too much ragtime.” said Uncle Eben, ket will indulge in the luxury of ac-| quiring the famous old tub. * % * % M. Tytus Pilipowicz. the Polish Am- bassador at Washington. who is_hav- ing & run-in with Senator Borah 2bout the Polish corridor, has started Capital tongues to wagging over the right of a foreign envoy to rebuke a | United States Senator for expressing | on international affairs.| If the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cared to do so, | some diplomatic authorities think | Borah could have his Polish excellency More Off Gold Standard. Prom the Hartford Times. A purchaser of jewelry remarked that the firm which sold him a gold ring had apparently gone off the gold standard some time previous. RSl 2 Mules in India. Prdm thelOmaha Evening World-Herald. Nebraska mules will work for the British Army in India. And every ome famed for self-determination. r——— Important Ages of Man. Prom the Fort Worth Star-Telesram. three superimportant ) o e, . Living d‘fi--m *